No man is happy who does not think himself so.
-Marcus Aurelius
"Meditations"
Quotations
Happiness
To be joyous in life, a few bites to eat in peace, pouring rains or cool breeze are
sufficient... Whereas for reasons to be sad, you can write thousands of books on
it.
-Deep Trivedi
It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
-W. Somerset Maugham
"Of Human Bondage"
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
-Henry Ford
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt and has a clear conscience?
-Adam Smith
Happiness never made anyone rich or famous. That must be why ambitious people avoid it.
-Marty Rubin
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
-Ramana Maharshi
Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada"
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
